Single-Session Therapy

Windy Dryden is in clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on Single-Session Therapy. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 45 years and is the author or editor of over 260 books.

Preface

Part 1 THEORY

1. What’s in a Name

2. Misconceptions about SST

3. People Have the Capacity to Help Themselves Quickly

4. SST Is Based on Providing Help at the Point of Need (Rather than Help at the Point of Availability)

5. The SST Mindset

6. The Importance of Expectations in SST

7. SST is a Fusion Between What the Client Brings to the Process and What the Therapist Brings to the Process

8. SST Challenges Therapists’ Cherished Beliefs About Therapy and Change

9. What Can and Cannot Be Achieved From SST

10. The ‘Client Criteria’ Question

11. What Makes Good SST Therapists

12. For Better or for Worse: Context Matters

13. The Importance of the Working Alliance

14. From Theory to Practice I: Guidelines for Good Practice

15. From Theory to Practice II: What to Avoid

Part 2 PRACTICE

16. Overview: The Process of SST

17. Making a Decision about SST

18. Contracting

19. Preparing for the Session

20. Getting Started

21. Discovering What Help to Give

22. Working with Problems and Goals

23. Creating and Maintaining a Session Focus

24. Doing the Work

25. Utilising Client Variables

26. Making an Impact

27. Negotiating a Solution

28. Practising the Solution in the Session and Action Planning

29. Bringing the Session to a Suitable End

30. Following-Through and Following-Up

References

Appendix 1: 30 Ideas That Inform My Practice of Single-Session Therapy

Appendix 2: What Is ONEplus Therapy

Appendix 3: Therapeutic Contract with Professor Windy Dryden: ONEplust Therapy

Index